Library conferences in Asia 2019

Keep up to date with what’s happening in libraries in the region. 

2019

January 2019

HIKM2019 The 12th Australasian Conference on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management takes place in Sydney, Macquarie University, 29–31 January 2019.

LTC2019 Library Technology Conclave 2019, on E-Books to E-Learning – Libraries as Learning Hubs, takes place at Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala, India, 23-25 January 2019.

LIS 2019 The 2019 International Conference on Library and Information Science, themed Digital transformation and the challenges of the new information environment: reinventing library for the next user generation takes place in Sapporo, Japan from 19-21 January 2019.

BITE 2019 New! The International Conference on Business, Information, Tourism, and Economics takes place in Sapporo, Japan, 19-21 January 2019.

2019 IPLC New! 4th Indian Public Libraries Conference with the theme Smart Libraries for Smart Communities and Sustainable Future, takes place at the Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, 16-17 January 2019.

February 2019

International Conference on Future of LibrariesThe conference is jointly organised by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 26-28 February 2019 at IIM Bangalore, India.

ICoASL 2019 The Sixth International Conference of Asian Special Libraries on Libraries and Librarianship in Digital Plus Era takes place 14-16 February 2019 in New Delhi, India.

ALIA Information Online 2019 Conference The conference takes place in Sydney, Australia, 11-15 February 2019.

IDCC The 14th International Digital Curation Conference takes place 4-7 February 2019 at the Parkville Campus of the University of Melbourne, Australia.

March 2019 

2019 National Conference of Librarians New! This National Library of the Philippines conference, Libraries Click as Space for Customers, Learning and Research. Innovations, Community Engagement and Knowledge Creation, happens 18-21 March 2019, at Palawan, The Philippines.

Australian Library Design Awards and Conference 2019 The conference is being held as part of the Asia-Pacific Architecture Forum and in association with the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section. The conference takes place on 14 March 2019 at the State Library of Queensland, Australia.

MAHLAP The Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP) will hold its 31st National Congress and Seminar-Workshop on the theme: Librarians’ Metamorphosis: Contribution and Role in a Rapidly Evolving Society on 6-8 March 2019 in Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines.

CLSTL 2019 New! The 2nd International Conference on the theme Changing Landscape of Science & Technology Libraries takes place 28 February to 3 March 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar, India.

April 2019

i-IKM New! 1st International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management will be held 25-27 April 2019 at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

ICoLIS 2019 New! 7th International Conference on Libraries, Information & Society will be held 18 and 19 April 2019 at Melaka, Malaysia.

ISS 2019 The 2019 International Conference on Information and Social Science convenes in Osaka, Japan, 2-4 April 2019.

May 2019 

IASSIST 2019 New! The annual conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology will be held 27-31 May 2019 in Sydney, Australia.

Aurora Institute for Emerging Leaders New! The Institute takes place 26-31 May 2019 in Manley, NSW, Australia.

THETA 2019. The Tipping Point. The Higher Education Technology Agenda conference takes place in Wollongong, Australia, 19-22 May 2019.

ICEAI 2019 The 9th International Congress on Engineering and Information will take place from 7-9 May 2019 in Osaka, Japan.

June 2019

40th Annual IATUL Conference New!  The International Association of University Libraries holds its annual conference at The University of Western Australia and Curtin University in Perth, Australiafrom 23 to 27 June 2019.

ICIKM 2019 The 2019 8th International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge, and Management will be held in Da Nang, Vietnam during 24-26 June 2019.

2019 ACEAI The Asia Conference on Engineering and Information takes place 18-21 June 2019 in Beijing, China.

July 2019

34th Annual ANZTLA Conference The 34th Annual ANZTLA Conference, Boundless. happens 10-13 July 2019, at Robert Menzies College, Macquarie Park, Sydney, Australia.

LISSASPAC (I-LISS) 2019 International Conference New! The Library and Information Science Society for Asia and the Pacific 2019 International Conference will be held at National TaiwanNormal University, Taipei, 12-13 July 2019.

NLS9 The New Librarians’ Symposium takes place 5-7 July 2019 in Adelaide, Australia.

September 2019

ICDAR 2019 The International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition happens in Sydney, Australia, 22-25 September 2019.

October 2019

LIANZA Conference 2019 The conference takes place in Auckland, New Zealand, 21-23 October 2019.

November 2019

National Library and Information Technicians Symposium 2019 New! Discover Diversify Dive In happens 13-15 November, Victoria University Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia.